adjective

megem

Greekμέγιστος (megistos)

Strong’sG3176

very great, greatest

stem meg-once in the New Testament0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

very great1×

What it means

μέγιστος, v.s. μέγας.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3176 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmeg'-is-tos

greatest or very great

Fromsuperlative of G3173;

King Jamesexceeding great.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	megos	megas	megem	megois	megais	megeim
object accusative	megon	megan		megoin	megain
direct address vocative	megor	megar		megoir	megair
of, belonging to genitive	megou	megau	megeu	megoiu	megaiu	megeiu
to, for dative	mego	mega	mege	megoi	megai	megei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

megstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

meg is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

megos — μέγας, large, great megos — μείζων, greater, greatest

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

megotateim1×

2 Peter 1:4“very great”dia heiu teim timieim kai megotateim ni epangelmeim dōretē, hina dia houteiu gineveia theiau koinōnois fusiau, apofeugaratois tau en to kosmo en epithumia fthorau.Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.